Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-07-16
WORKING FOR RECRUITS
yxevmon missionaries warned 80 Make
themselves Scarce in south C%r"-

themselves scarce tn south CSro-
lima.
Charleston q. o. special; For sew
sral years Mormon missionaries have
been trying 10 get foothold In Upper
Carolina and Georgia A number OF
converts have been made IN York and
Spartenburg counties, South Carolina
and several families have gone 70 Utah.
The converts have been ignorant coun-
try people. Public sentiment IS strongly
opposed 10 the spread Of the mission
aries perniciOus doctrines. They have
not done much In this state for the last
year, but seemed 10 have transferred
their field of labor across the Savannah
river into Richmond county, Georgia.
The people of WrightsboFough neigh
borhood are stirred mp Just now by the
appearance in that locality Of the Nor
mon missionaries, the Rev David
Brownson and Elders S. q, Spencer aud
Joseph Murphy, who have been preach
ing at G0odman's chapel about month.
They are good takers and seem 60 have
abundance OF money, and ia a re-
markedly short time they have worked
themselves into the good gTaees Of some
Of the most ignorant u the people. Hay-
ing gotten supporters they BEGAN work
ing hard, promising all who would pro-
Tess MoYmOnism to send them 10 Utah
free of cost and provide for them there
They stated that they were seat out Is
missionaries by the people Of Utah 10
convert people to their religion and 10
send all who confessed such % Utah
They are working principally 10 send
out young men and young women. The
missionaries had worked this ignorant
class into such excitement tliat the peO-
pie Of education decided that something
should be done 10 rid the section IL
such people. Some days ago they called
q meeting, and il was decided 10 draw up
a request asking tho missionaries %
leave the country. The PAPER MAS
handed them by committee Of five,
but they pOintedly and deteFlnimediy
refused to 60 They had all this time
been holding nightly services Ia Good
wins chapel and distributing among
the people numbers 81 pamphlets on the
Mormon religion, and even vent 80 far
as 10 preach ''that all who did NOT con
fess the Mormon religion and 20 10
Utah before 1898 would Ia destroyed by
fire." also telling them ''that they we're
living in adnltKy, that no marriage was
in conformity with the Law If G0d other
than the Mormon service, aud by q
Mormon, and ''that no woman could OBJ
tain absolute perfection ia tho future
state il she died a virgin This, 81
course put the ignorant pssople into 4
frenzy Of excitement. When all this
became known - the people Who hal
requested the missionaries 10 leave the
country, they decided that something
should be done atUnce, and Immediately
Organized body Of regulators, con.
sistlng of two dozen men, who Rent
10 one IL their meetings ia Good.
wins chapel aud ordered them h.
leave and never enter the ehayei
again. They isit tho eharcl tut refused
% leave the county, ard have sineg been
preaching in private hou8ss, and the 81.
element continues 9n SUNDAY lnst
not less that tWenty-eixht perzsHa a
tended their services az a private hBRa9
A number 81 regulators xere dralt
with quite severely Us tha courts h5ne
time ago tJr whipping party u usgruts
whom they werg confident had hern
carrying ON an organized system ~ rob
bery. They, however, have determined
not 70 allow the Afgununs ~ continue
longer, and viii, in all probability, run
the missionaries from the county ia .
few dayg This viii IT, difficult task.
A. the MOrm0ns have qgite strUng
backing amuuga certain class. and when
the attempt u made there Is liable ~ IL
some very lively fighting.